Questions on Delusional Thinking

1 pointsLayke11233y ago24 comments

If I claim I can shoot fire balls out of my hand, most people would say impossible.

If I claim a person in the past could shoot fire balls out of their hand, most people would say impossible.

If I claim I can walk on water, most people would say impossible.

If I claim a person was able to water on water a long time ago, suddenly I can be taken seriously.

Why do so many people not see the logical inconsistency here? Why do people not see that believing certain religious thoughts are a delusion?

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dang3y ago

We don't want religious flamewar here, so please don't post religious flamebait to HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Layke1123OP3y ago

It wasn't about religion, it was about delusional thinking.

dang3y ago

If you keep posting like this, we will have to ban you again. This is not what HN is for.

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inphovore3y ago

You deceive yourself every day.

You and your “facts” cannot actually account for that which you lack empirical validation.

That you’re certain all circumstance are as you conjecture them to be is an irony of your position.

Is that the only part of the story that disturbs you? If this one part was stretched (easiest way to early assimilation is fake news) what of all the rest of human account?

Resist your false certainty. Take the account of ledgend, history, third hand account, etc on their own terms.

You don’t really solve anything with your nihilistic incredulity. You’re not even on to something as far as ironies are concerned.

Layke1123OP3y ago

Have you ever played the game of telephone? Is it not more likely people lied and repeated lies that got so completely changed from reality than to believe some person actually flew to space on a winged donkey?

inphovore3y ago

Well, the Hindu speak of things similar to winged donkeys, and of Hanuman’s army building the adam bridge.

And there is an Adam bridge. If a hundred thousand talking monkeys and a ragtag band of humans didn’t build that land bridge between India and Sri Lanka 10,000 years ago, then who did smart guy?

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WalterGR3y ago

Faith is belief in the absence of fact. Religion requires faith.

That's all there is to it.

Layke1123OP3y ago

Isn't it delusional thinking if you ignore facts about reality?

WalterGR3y ago

If you want. It's up to you.

You could also think that by definition, some parts of religion are impossible to prove / disprove, and different strokes for different folks, and then go have some tea. :)

What's your sample size for believing that people can't shoot fireballs out of their hands or walk on water?

(Where I’m going with that question is: “Well your sample size isn’t large enough.” See? There’s no way to argue against faith.)

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Questions on Delusional Thinking

1 pointsLayke11233y ago24 comments

If I claim I can shoot fire balls out of my hand, most people would say impossible.

If I claim a person in the past could shoot fire balls out of their hand, most people would say impossible.

If I claim I can walk on water, most people would say impossible.

If I claim a person was able to water on water a long time ago, suddenly I can be taken seriously.

Why do so many people not see the logical inconsistency here? Why do people not see that believing certain religious thoughts are a delusion?

24 comments

dang3y ago

We don't want religious flamewar here, so please don't post religious flamebait to HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Layke1123OP3y ago

It wasn't about religion, it was about delusional thinking.

dang3y ago

If you keep posting like this, we will have to ban you again. This is not what HN is for.

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inphovore3y ago

You deceive yourself every day.

You and your “facts” cannot actually account for that which you lack empirical validation.

That you’re certain all circumstance are as you conjecture them to be is an irony of your position.

Is that the only part of the story that disturbs you? If this one part was stretched (easiest way to early assimilation is fake news) what of all the rest of human account?

Resist your false certainty. Take the account of ledgend, history, third hand account, etc on their own terms.

You don’t really solve anything with your nihilistic incredulity. You’re not even on to something as far as ironies are concerned.

Layke1123OP3y ago

inphovore3y ago

Well, the Hindu speak of things similar to winged donkeys, and of Hanuman’s army building the adam bridge.

And there is an Adam bridge. If a hundred thousand talking monkeys and a ragtag band of humans didn’t build that land bridge between India and Sri Lanka 10,000 years ago, then who did smart guy?

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WalterGR3y ago

Faith is belief in the absence of fact. Religion requires faith.

That's all there is to it.

Layke1123OP3y ago

Isn't it delusional thinking if you ignore facts about reality?

WalterGR3y ago

If you want. It's up to you.

You could also think that by definition, some parts of religion are impossible to prove / disprove, and different strokes for different folks, and then go have some tea. :)

What's your sample size for believing that people can't shoot fireballs out of their hands or walk on water?

(Where I’m going with that question is: “Well your sample size isn’t large enough.” See? There’s no way to argue against faith.)

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